ACCRUE NOMINEES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04088915 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-12
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fund management activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-10-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-10-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2006-06-05
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    POWELL, Martin Carrick resigned
    director
  17. 2006-06-05
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    TOOGOOD, Jonathan Charles Henry resigned
    director
  18. 2004-04-01
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    ALCOTT, Gavin Jeremy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-04-01
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    ALCOTT, Gavin Jeremy appointed
    director
  20. 2004-04-01
    ➕
    HOWE, Nicholas appointed
    director
  21. 2004-04-01
    ➖
    WHITE, Anthony Edmund resigned
    secretary
  22. 2004-04-01
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    FERGUSON, Gerrard Murray resigned
    director
  23. 2004-04-01
    ➖
    MACDONALD, Sharon Fiona resigned
    director
  24. 2000-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ACCRUE NOMINEES LIMITED
  25. 2000-10-12
    ➕
    WHITE, Anthony Edmund appointed
    secretary
  26. 2000-10-12
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    FERGUSON, Gerrard Murray appointed
    director
  27. 2000-10-12
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Sharon Fiona appointed
    director
  28. 2000-10-12
    ➕
    POWELL, Martin Carrick appointed
    director
  29. 2000-10-12
    ➕
    TOOGOOD, Jonathan Charles Henry appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Accrue Investment Management Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Accrue Investment Management Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ACCRUE NOMINEES LIMITED
This company · 04088915

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Accrue Investment Management Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66300 — Fund management activities

Registered office

4 Queen Street
Bath
BA1 1HE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-26
Last: 2025-10-12

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

ALCOTT, Gavin Jeremy→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-01
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Active
ALCOTT, Gavin Jeremy→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-04-01
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Active
HOWE, Nicholas→
director · ~52y · appointed 2004-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE, Anthony Edmund→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
FERGUSON, Gerrard Murray→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
MACDONALD, Sharon Fiona→
director · ~60y · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2004-04-01
Resigned
POWELL, Martin Carrick→
director · ~70y · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2006-06-05
Resigned
TOOGOOD, Jonathan Charles Henry→
director · ~75y · appointed 2000-10-12 · resigned 2006-06-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-16